monkey tail

American  

noun

Nautical.

1. any of various light or short ropes or lines.

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Etymology

Origin of monkey tail

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

He’s already flexing his repurposing gene: a toy frog becomes a phone at his ear; a yellow lemon squeezer is the bill of a quack quack; and a loose brown string under a towel turns into a monkey tail.

From New York Times

A more seldom rendition was the monkey tail – a thick mustache that begins on one side of the lip, crosses over to the other, loops down under the chin, rides up the jawline and finishes at the sideburn.

From Seattle Times

There’s the Mr. Maltie, a chocolate malt on the stick; the Monkey Tail, a chocolate-covered frozen banana; and of course the Chipper Sandwich, which is vanilla ice cream sandwiched between two chocolate chip cookies and dipped in chocolate.

From Salon

The favorite dessert items include: the Mr. Maltie, a chocolate malt on a stick; the Monkey Tail, a chocolate-covered frozen banana; and the Chipper Sandwich, a chocolate cookie, vanilla ice-cream sandwich dipped in chocolate.

From Time

It may be that, as a rule, the Chinese are pretty well contented with and accustomed to the monkey tail, but let their national spirit once be aroused upon the subject, they feel the degradation bitterly.

From Project Gutenberg